The 2021 Golden Rooster Film Festival ITG Domestic New Film Exhibition provides the maximum exposure opportunity for new Chinese films, and countless new Chinese film forces have seen the shape of dreams here.
On December 28th, Jinji Domestic New Film Exhibition and China World Trade Holding Group opened in Xiamen Huanying Cinema, and successfully closed on December 30.
Under the theme of "Growing and Flowing, Rising tide in Xiamen", this year's new film exhibition has realized the "national viewing" with Jinji characteristics through free registration and independent reservation to watch movies. It has set up a platform for communication between film creators and audiences, so that countless fans can feel the charm of the world of light and shadow here.
It is worth noting that most of the films in the new film exhibition are written by young directors, reflecting their diverse cultural vision and sincere humanistic care. The film "Lost", directed by young Tibetan director Luo Dan, is a film about the wasteland and life and death. The black-and-white images "record" the dangerous migration routes of the herdsmen Dorje and Danba, and the restrained and calm visual language gives the film its strength. Contrary to the coldness and roughness of the wasteland, "The Smelling Of the Willow Waves" presents Wu Nong's soft-spoken Jiangnan. The two sisters of the Yue Opera Troupe, who are dependent on each other and fall in love with the gentle painter at the same time, are involved in a complex love-hate entanglement. The rise and fall of Yue opera is closely linked to the fate of the characters, which makes people sigh.
Young directors represent the future of Chinese cinema, with their wide range of attention perspectives and fresh expressions, bringing infinite surprises to the audience. Tracing past films such as "Post-90s", Yang Zhenning, Xu Yuanchong, Pan Jiluan and other "post-90s" elderly people personally tell their study experiences at Southwest United University, returning to the era when wars were raging and the stars were shining. During the film's creation, three masters passed away, leaving behind precious out-of-print images. Films based on the present, such as "Yong'an Town Story Collection", tell "making movies" through movies. Director Wei Shujun uses a self-deprecating posture to let the audience get universal emotional resonance from the "gossip" in the film circle. "Yong'an Town Story Collection" is a full release of the personality and talent of the film creators, which can be sought.
After the film was screened, the creators shared a wonderful behind-the-scenes creative story, and the audience fully felt the cuteness and tenacity of the young filmmakers. "Willow Wave Singing Warbler" is the first film work of Zheng Yunlong, who is a musical theater actor. Because musicals and movies are obviously different in performance methods, Zheng Yunlong tries to start from the appearance of shaping. He lost weight for the film and grew long hair, and these new looks helped his performance a lot. However, Zheng Yunlong still showed discomfort during the filming process. Director Dai Wei joked that Dalong was used to the theater and often walked out of the camera on the set.
"Willow Wave Singing Warbler" post-screening meeting
The support of the Chinese film industry for young filmmakers is also reflected in the sharing behind the scenes. "Lost" is the feature film debut of young director Luo Dan, who specially thanked executive producer Wan Ma Tse-dan in the post-screening exchange. From the creation of the script, the analysis of the characters, the choice of actors to the shooting of the film, Wan Ma Tse-dan provided him with many practical suggestions and support. Especially in the selection of male protagonists, Wan Ma Tse-dan encouraged Luo Dan to put down his budget baggage, boldly select the role from the perspective of the film, and personally help him communicate. Therefore, there is the blessing of powerful actors such as Solange Nyima.
The creator of "Lost" appeared
In addition to the authorial expression of young directors, the Golden Rooster Domestic New Film Exhibition pays equal attention to commercial production genre films. "Manslaughter 2", which is loved by the audience and has a bright box office performance, was also screened here.
At the post-screening meeting, director Dai Mo, lead actor Xiao Yang and Ren Dahua attended. Xiao Yang said that when he saw the Easter egg at the end of the film, he had a feeling of "lost and regained", as if he had a long nightmare. But the Easter egg is a sudden awakening in despair, like a kind of "rebirth". Ren Dahua said that after filming "Manslaughter 2", he cherished the moments with his family even more.
The popular "If One Day I Will Leave You", the atmosphere of the post-screening meeting was equally warm. Director Li Gang revealed that the style that the film wants to find is that "art comes from life but is different from life". Zhang Aijia's "Blind Love" also had a profound impact on the creation of the film.
The lead actor Qi Xi recounted his preparation for the role. She cut off her long over-the-shoulder hair and had to learn Japanese carefully every morning. However, she is highly demanding, and believes that the language level presented in the end is not as good as imagined, and the Character's Japanese level may really take several years of local life to achieve.
The domestic film giant "Watergate Bridge of Chosin Lake" also released heavy content at this year's Jinji domestic new film conference. As the sequel to "Chosin Lake", the box office champion in the history of Chinese films, "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" can be described as an important work that gathers the strength of the Chinese film industry, which has attracted much attention from inside and outside the industry.
The first trailer of the film was released at the launch of this year's Jinji domestic new film. Chief producer Yu Dong, director Huang Jianxin, producer and director Xu Ke, starring Wu Jing and Zhu Yawen attended the press conference, Yu Dong also revealed that "The Water gate Bridge of Changjin Lake" was re-filmed in Hengdian for a month, and there will be more intense and grander blizzard scenes. The film is also the finale of the series.
In addition, the word-of-mouth work "Long Confession" was also screened and held at this year's Jinji Domestic New Film Exhibition and held a press conference, and director Zhang Lu, starring Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi, and Xin Baiqing attended the press conference.
Director Zhang Lu used two or three keywords to describe the three leading actors. Ni Ni is free, handsome, and kingly; Zhang Luyi is beautiful, sad, and still water; Xin Baiqing is charming and charming, giving new annotations and interpretations of the characters in the film from the perspective of the creator. Ni Ni bluntly said that acting should "enjoy the emotions of the moment and show the most comfortable state.".
At this point, this year's Jinji domestic new film exhibition has come to a successful end. Looking forward to the next year, there will be more different types, different characteristics of the new domestic films to meet with us, meet in the Chinese film more and more blossoming tomorrow!